Anne Faure

Anne Faure is an architect and doctor in plastic arts, aesthetics and art sciences who serves as Professor at École nationale supérieure d'architecture de Grenoble (EnsaG) and at the School of Engineering and Architecture of Fribourg in Switzerland. Her academic work bridges architecture and visual arts through experimental approaches to space and representation, with a particular focus on video as an instrument of architectural thought.

Her research explores contemporary representation at the border of visual arts and architecture through three main axes: the moving image as both project tool and critical instrument for urban analysis; the encounters between visual arts and architecture in design processes; and broader questioning of various image forms and their production. Her artistic modus operandi integrates practice, research, and teaching to explore the limits of images in relation to constructed space.

Anne Faure's scholarly output shows consistent activity from 2004 to the present, with a notable increase in conference presentations and publications around 2010-2012 following her doctoral work. Her recent work (2023-2024) continues her longstanding research interests while engaging with contemporary questions of visual thinking, transmission devices, and sensory exploration in changing urban environments. Her publications span articles, book chapters, conference communications, and video productions, demonstrating her commitment to both theoretical and practical aspects of architectural representation.

Anne Faure is actively affiliated with the CRESSON Research Team within the AAU Laboratory (Architecture, Urbanism, Urban Planning), which operates as a Joint Research Unit involving CNRS, Université Grenoble Alpes, ENSA Nantes, ENSA Grenoble, and Centrale Nantes. This affiliation supports her interdisciplinary work at the intersection of architecture, urban studies, and visual arts.

Her teaching focuses on Arts and Techniques of Representation, where she integrates her research on visual perception and architectural thought. Her doctoral work at the University of Paris I, Panthéon-Sorbonne (2010) established the foundation for her ongoing exploration of video as an instrument of architectural thought, examining visual perception through digital video experiments.